Final Rule Nutrition Standardsinthe National SchoolLunchand School Breakfast Programs – January2012

SEVEN DAYSCHOOLWEEK

BreakfastMealPattern / LunchMealPattern
GradesK-5 / Grades6-8 / Grades9-12 / GradesK-5 / Grades6-8 / Grades9-12
MealPattern / AmountofFoodbPerWeek(MinimumPerDay)
Fruits(cups)c,d / 7(1)e / 7(1)e / 7(1)e / 3½(½) / 3½(½) / 7 (1)
Vegetables(cups)c,d / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5¼(¾) / 5¼(¾) / 7 (1)
DarkGreenf / 0 / 0 / 0 / ½ / ½ / ½
Red/Orangef / 0 / 0 / 0 / ¾ / ¾ / 1¼
Beans/Peasf
(Legumes) / 0 / 0 / 0 / ½ / ½ / ½
Starchyf / 0 / 0 / 0 / ½ / ½ / ½
Otherf,g / 0 / 0 / 0 / ½ / ½ / ¾
AdditionalVegtoReach Totalh / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2½ / 2½ / 3½
Grains(ozeq)i / 10-14(1)j / 11-14(1)j / 12.5-14(1)j / 11(1)j / 11 (1)j / 14 (2)j
Meats/MeatAlternates(ozeq) / 0k / 0k / 0k / 11 (1)j / 12.5 (1)j / 14 (2)j
Fluid Milk (cups)l / 7 (1) / 7 (1) / 7 (1) / 7 (1) / 7 (1) / 7 (1)
OtherSpecifications:DailyAmountBasedontheAveragefora5-DayWeek
Min-MaxCalories(kcal)m,n,o / 350-500 / 400-550 / 450-600 / 550-650 / 600-700 / 750-850
SaturatedFat
(%of totalcalories)n,o / <10 / <10 / <10 / <10 / <10 / <10
Sodium(mg)n,p / ≤ 540 / ≤ 600 / ≤ 640 / ≤ 1230 / ≤ 1360 / ≤ 1420
TransFatn,o / NutritionLabelofmanufacturerspecificationsmustindicatezerogramsoftransfatperserving.

AIntheSBP,theaboveage-gradegroupsarerequiredbeginningJuly1, 2013(SY2013-14).InSY2012-2013only,schoolsmaycontinuetousethemealpatternforgradesK-12(see§220.23).

bFooditemsincludedineachfoodgroupandsubgroupandamountequivalents.Minimumcreditableservingis⅛cup.

COnequarter-cupofdriedfruitcountsas½cupoffruit;1cupofleafy greenscountsas½cupofvegetables.Nomorethanhalfofthefruitorvegetableofferingsmaybeintheformofjuice.Alljuicemustbe100%full-strength.

DForbreakfast,vegetablesmaybesubstitutedforfruits,butthefirsttwocupsperweekofanysuchsubstitutionmustbefromthedarkgreen,red/orange,beansandpeas(legumes)or“Othervegetables”subgroupsasdefinedin§210.10(c)(2)(iii).

EThefruitquantity requirementfortheSBP(5cups/weekandaminimumof1cup/day)iseffectiveJuly 1,2014(SY2014-2015).

FLargeramountsofthesevegetablesmaybeserved.

gThiscategoryconsistsof“Othervegetables”asdefinedin§210.10(c)(2)(iii)(E).ForthepurposesoftheNSLP,“Othervegetables”requirementmaybemetwithanyadditionalamountsfromthedarkgreen,red/orange,andbeans/peas(legumes)vegetablesubgroupsasdefinedin§210.10(c)(2)(iii).

HAnyvegetablesubgroupmay beofferedtomeetthetotalweeklyvegetablerequirement.

IAtleasthalfofthegrainsofferedmustbewholegrain-richintheNSLPbeginningJuly 1,2012(SY2012-2013),andintheSBPbeginningJuly1, 2013(SY2013-2014).Allgrainsmustbewholegrain-richinboththeNSLPandtheSBPbeginningJuly1,2014(SY2014-15).

JThe weekly and daily amounts are minimums.

KThereisnoseparatemeat/meatalternatecomponentintheSBP.BeginningJuly1,2013(SY2013-2014),schoolsmaysubstitute1oz.eq.ofmeat/meatalternatefor1oz.eq.ofgrainsaftertheminimumdailygrainsrequirementismet.

LFluidmilkmustbelow-fat(1percentmilkfatorless,unflavored)orfat-free(unflavoredorflavored).

MTheaveragedailyamountofcaloriesfora5-dayschoolweekmustbewithintherange(atleasttheminimumandnomorethanthemaximumvalues).

NDiscretionarysourcesofcalories(solidfatsandaddedsugars)maybeaddedtothemealpatternifwithinthespecificationsforcalories,saturatedfat,transfat,andsodium.Foodsofminimalnutritionalvalueandfluidmilkwithfatcontentgreaterthan1percentmilkfatarenotallowed.

OIntheSBP,caloriesandtransfatspecificationstakeeffectbeginningJuly1,2013(SY2013-2014).

pFinalsodiumspecificationsaretobereachedbySY2022-2023orJuly1,2022.IntermediatesodiumspecificationsareestablishedforSY2014-2015and2017-2018.Seerequiredintermediatespecificationsin§210.10(f)(3)forlunchesand§220.8(f)(3)forbreakfast.ListedvaluesareforSY2014-15.

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